Herbicidal Control of Rain Forest Regrowth.

Abstract

The use of modern herbicides to control jungle re growth offers an attractive solution to a major problem in tropical high-rainfall areas. The Australian Army asked the Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea to test a number of herbicides under field conditions, The author, formerly agronomist at the Lowlands Agricultural Experiment Station, Keravat, laid down test plots for various substances. His conclusion is that certain herbicides do offer possibilities for long-term weed control, but the extremely high cost involved would limit their use mainly to highly-specialized areas.